The Celts at the British Museum

I have got into a bad habit when major exhibitions occur. I don’t go initially because they will be too … More

Statues and Monuments: Lt-Gen Sir Thomas Picton.

Thomas Picton was born in Pembrokeshire in 1756. He joined the army in 1771 seeing service in West Indies, … More

Some more photos from my trip to Norfolk at the weekend

The fertile crescent stretches from the northernmost tip of the Persian Gulf along the River systems of the Euphrates and … More

Sunday found me on a RSPB group outing to Welney Wildfowl centre in Norfolk. This is one of my favourite … More

Some pictures of the wonderful sunset at Hoo on Tuesday evening

A chance to get out of London and travel down to Chatham to look for the Great Northern Diver which … More

Andrew Hay was born in 1762 and enlisted in the army as an ensign at the age of 17. … More

Popped into Greenwich Peninsular ecology park for an hour this morning. One of the volunteers diredted me to the Alder … More

Yesterday morning we woke up to the first snows of this winter (at least here in London). Snow here is … More